Medical Economics December 3, 2024
Key Takeaways
- The aging physician workforce and declining Medicare reimbursements contribute to the projected doctor shortage in the U.S.
- Younger physicians prioritize work-life balance, often choosing part-time roles, which exacerbates the shortage.
- Past predictions of a physician surplus have shifted, with many medical graduates pursuing non-clinical careers.
- Recent increases in residency slots aim to mitigate the shortage, but ensuring full-time practice remains a challenge.
Lawmaker discusses state of the nation’s physician workforce – and the rise of part-time practice.
Getting more physicians to work with more patients could be a way to soften the nation’s projected shortage of doctors in the next decade.
Physicians, policymakers and patients all have been pondering how physician workforce trends will affect the...
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